Afroedura pundomontana CONRADIE, SCHMITZ, LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BECKER, VAZ-PINTO & HAUPTFLEISCH, 2022
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Afroedura pundomontana
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bocoio Flat Gecko Portuguese: Osga-achatada do Bocoio |
| Synonym | Afroedura pundomontana CONRADIE, SCHMITZ, LOBÓN-ROVIRA, BECKER, VAZ-PINTO & HAUPTFLEISCH 2022 Afroedura bogerti – BRANCH et al. 2017: 162 Afroedura bogerti – MARQUES et al. 2018: 178 (in part) Afroedura wulfhaackei – BRANCH et al. 2021: 66 (in part) |
| Distribution | Angola (Benguela Province) Type locality: Morro do Pundo, about 25 km west of Bocoio (-12.44389, 13.92250; 946 m a.s.l.), Benguela Province, Angola |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. PEM R24743, adult female, collected by Pedro Vaz Pinto on 6 June 2018. Paratypes. (six specimens). *TM 46587–8, TM 465890, adult females, collected 30 km W of Sousa Lara [= Bocoio] (approx. -12.40689, 13.90400; 670 m a.s.l.), Benguela Province, Angola by Wulf Haacke on 28 May 1974; *TM 46589, adult male, collected 30 km W of Sousa Lara [= Bocoio] (approx. -12.40689, 13.90400; 670 m a.s.l.), Benguela Province, Angola, by Wulf Haacke on 28 May 1974; FKH 0688, FKH 0689, adult females, collected from Alto Pundo – Bocoio (-12.44367, 13.92072, 920 m a.s.l.), Benguela Province, Angola by Pedro Vaz Pinto and Afonso Vaz Pinto on 2 September 2021. *The locality data presented as ‘3 km west of Bocoio, Benguela Province (12°28'58.0"S, 14°06'24.8"E)’ in Branch et al. (2017, 2021) is in error and Conradie et al. updated it according to the original specimen labels and catalogue museum register. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the greater ‘transvaalica’ group, possessing two pairs of enlarged scansors per digit, and a strongly verticillate and flattened tail (Jacobsen et al. 2014). As part of the A. bogerti group it differs from other members of the ‘transvaalica’ group by having 78–82 midbody scale rows (versus 97–102 in A. gorongosa, 113–120 in A. loveridgei, 102–119 in A. transvaalica); and rostral excluded from the nostril (in contact in A. gorongosa) [Note: in Branch et al. (2021) it was incorrectly recorded that the rostral is in contact with the nostril in the A. bogerti-group]; with the supranasals always being in contact (separated by 1–3 granules in A. gorongosa; always in broad contact in A. loveridgei; usually in broad contact in A. transvaalica ~ 3–18%); and in having 13–15 scales between the anterior borders of the eyes (19–22 in A. gorongosa; 15–19 in A. loveridgei; 15–20 in A. transvaalica) (comparative data fide Branch et al. 2017, 2021). Afroedura pundomontana sp. nov. differs from other members of the A. bogerti group by a combination of the following characteristics (see Tables 5–6): midbody scale rows 78–82 (mean 79.5) (71–72 [mean 71.5] in A. otjihipa sp. nov., 65–67 [mean 66.0] in A. donveae, 69–77 [mean 73.5] in A. bogerti, 73–78 [mean 74.8] in A. praedicta, 73–88 [mean 79.5] in A. wulfhaackei, 73– 86 [mean 80.3] in A. vazpintorum); by the supranasals always being in contact (~33% of the time in A. bogerti; ~57% in A. wulfhaackei; always in contact in A. donveae, A. vazpintorum, A. praedicta and A. otjihipa sp. nov.); each tail verticil comprising 4–5 (mean 4.4) ventral and 5–6 (mean 5.6) dorsal rows of scales (mean 4 ventral and 5 dorsal in A. bogerti, A. praedicta and A. wulfhaackei; 5–6 [mean 5.5] ventral and 6–7 [mean 6.6] dorsal in A. donveae; 5–6 [mean 5.0] ventral and 6–7 [mean 6.1] dorsal in A. vazpintorum; 5 ventral and 6 dorsal in A. otjihipa sp. nov.); ventral surfaces greyish with scattered small black spots (similar to A. bogerti, A. praedicta and A. wulfhaackei, immaculate in A. donveae, A. vazpintorum and A. otjihipa sp. nov.). Afroedura pundomontana sp. nov. differs from its sister highland species A. bogerti in having higher numbers of midbody scale counts (78–82 [mean 79.5] versus 73–78 [mean 74.8]), supranasals always in contact (versus ~33% of the time), and the posterior scales of the dorsal W-shapes crossbars dark black (versus same colour as cross bands; Fig. 3); it differs from A. wulfhaackei in that the supranasals are always in contact (versus ~57%). (Conradie et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Distribution: See map in Conradie et al. 2023: 280 (Fig. 3). |
| Etymology | Named in reference to the area where it was found. The region lies on top of a ridge known as Morro do Pundo that translates to the ‘Hills’ or ‘Mountain’ of the Baboons. The name thus comprises two parts: pundo (= baboon) and montana (= mountain). |
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